Today I’ve got this Issue on my Nationstates (nationstates.net)
Motivational Posters
A woman was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter yesterday. Over an extended period, she encouraged her online acquaintance – who suffered from depression – to end his own life, which he subsequently did.
I’ve encountered with 4 choice
1. “If this woman can be put on trial for her words alone, what’s next?” queries one of your younger advisors, texting you from a seminar on meme ethics. “We shouldn’t be in the business of policing what people can and can’t say. Yes, she’s a terrible, terrible person; I mean, who does that, seriously? But this is much bigger than her. I urge you to pardon this woman immediately, and promote true freedom of speech and expression.
2. “We can’t have people pushing others to suicide and getting away with it,” calmly states your former Minister of Homeland Insecurities, who has taken up a career as an anti-cyberbullying activist. “Is it not our responsibility – as a society – to protect impressionable and vulnerable people? Now, if you ask me, this woman is not some sadistic monster, but she, and others like her, need to learn that actions have consequences. Let her face her punishment, and divert some funding to provide for a national awareness program teaching people that their words actually carry weight.”
3. “Obviously, both of these people were severely disturbed, and we all know what got them there,” asserts your chronically under-stimulated Minister for Medieval Fairs, clad in motley, as is her custom. “If anything, this is a wake-up call. NATIONSNAME needs to get rid of the internet altogether. Newfangled communications methods, with their instantaneity, clearly desensitize people and can make a troll out of the best of us. Not the 6 hit dice regenerating kind, mind you, the other sort. With the internet gone, people will have the time to truly reflect on their words, and nothing like this will ever happen again. Truly, it’s a small price to pay for the well-being of our nation.”
4. Dismiss the issue
Option 1. sounds nice so I choose it.
The result saids ‘Internet trolls are considered valiant supporters of the right to free speech.’
In result, my nation get a boost of this qualities.
Rudeness
Insults Per Minute 12.2%
Ideological Radicality
Paul-Nader Subjective Decentrality Index 3.1%
Industry: Arms Manufacturing
Charon Conveyancy Index 2.2%
Civil Rights
Martin Luther King, Jr. Units 1.3%
Black Market
CURRENCY 1.2%
Crime
Crimes Per Hour 0.52%
Intelligence
Quips Per Hour 0.24%
Recreational Drug Use
Pineapple Fondness Rating 0.23%
Nudity
Cheeks Per Square Mile 0.20%
Death Rate
Bus Surprisal Index 0.08%
And decline in this qualities
Tourism
Tourists Per Hour 0.22%
Compliance
Law-abiding Acts Per Hour 0.36%
Pacifism
Cheeks Turned Per Day 0.68%
Averageness
Average Standardized Normality Scale 1.1%
Authoritarianism
milliStalins 1.9%
Social Conservatism
Bush-Santorum Dawning Terror Index 3.4%
Compassion
Kitten Softness Rating 4.1%
Niceness
Average Smiles Per Day 7.9%
This choice is shit.
